CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and the Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad have trackage rights on the branch.

[1] The line, 10.3 miles (16.6 km) long, opened on December 30, 1873, under the control of the North Pennsylvania.

[2][3] Its Norristown station was located at Main and Markley, the present site of Norristown–Main Street.

[9] On the Reading's final bankruptcy in 1976 the branch was conveyed to SEPTA, with Conrail retaining trackage rights.

[10] Today, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and the Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad have trackage rights on the branch.